Sometimes things don't go as planned and unexpected weather conditions, washed out roads, forest fires and injuries can easily extend a day outing into something much longer and more challenging.  Being able to deal with the unexpected night out in the wilderness is life or death skill.  Our Adult Leadership has professional training in Wilderness Survival and share this knowledge and skill set with everyone in our troop. 

Fire

Fire is one of the most important priorities of survival and one of the more challenging skills to master.  We teach multiple techniques so our scouts are better prepared to build fires in multiple conditions with various resources that might be available. 

Fire building is also one of the most enjoyable skills to work on for Scouts and Adults alike.

Knife Skills

It is important to know how to use and care for your knife safely.  Wilderness Survival Training include advanced Bushcraft Knife use.  This includes:

• Processing fatwood and bark into tinder

• Feathering (wood shavings and feathers sticks)

• Batoning (splitting wood with baton)

• Beaver chewing (cutting down trees and large branches)

• Making fire boards and tools for friction fires

• Stone on knife fire starting

• Wilderness knife sharpening 

• Knife upgrades

Survival Shelters

One of the first priorities of Wilderness Survival is to set up a Shelter.  Our instructor teach several methods of creating a shelters out of natural materials.  It is up to Scouts to use those skills with a bit of creativity to make their survial home away from home. 

Part of this world is covered in snow part or all of the year.  Learning how to construct different types of snow shelters will enhance your ability to survive in cold weather environments.